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Vinny Troia
Vincenzo Troia is an American ethical hacker and cybersecurity researcher who is known for reporting and identifying the Dark Overlord (hacker group) and hacker PomPompurin, who was involved in the 2021 FBI email hacking. He is also known for discovering the Shanghai police database leak in 2022. Vinny also serves as CEO and principal security researcher at Night Lion Security, a cyber-security firm based in the US and founded a threat intelligence firm named Shadowbyte. In 2018, he found a data leak of nearly 340 million detailed records about individual people available on a publicly accessible server of Exactis. In 2019, he found a data breach in People Data Labs where records of personal data, including email addresses, employers, locations, job titles, names, phone numbers and social media profiles of 1.2 billion people were exposed. In 2020, Troia identified and wrote a report on an entire underground cybercrime economy built on the stealing of reselling of video game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capella University
Capella University is a private for-profit, online university headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school is owned by the publicly traded Strategic Education, Inc. and delivers most of its education online. Capella has 52 degree programs with over 1900 online courses. Approximately 38,000 students are enrolled from all 50 states and 61 other countries, with 23 percent enrolled in doctoral programs, 47 percent enrolled in master's programs, and 27 percent enrolled in bachelor's programs. History Capella University was originally established as The Graduate School of America by Dr. Harold Abel and Stephen Shank in 1993. Shank was the former CEO of Tonka. Abel, formerly the president of Castleton State College, Central Michigan University, and Walden University, became the first president of the institution. In 1997, Capella University received regional accreditation. Two years later the parent company and university were renamed Capella Education Company and Capella U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Governors University
Western Governors University (WGU) is a private online university based in Millcreek, Utah. The university uses an online competency-based learning model. Degrees awarded by WGU are accredited by the NWCCU, ACBSP, CAEP, CAHIIM, and CCNE. The university was founded by 19 U.S. governors in 1997 after the idea was formulated at a 1995 meeting of the Western Governors Association to expand education offerings to the internet. History WGU was officially founded in 1997 in the United States by the governors of 19 U.S. states. It was first proposed by then- governor of Utah Mike Leavitt at the annual meeting of the Western Governors Association in June 1995. It was formally proposed the following November, and in June 1996 each signing state governor committed $100,000 toward the launch of the new competency-based university. While the seed money was provided from government sources, the school was to be established as a self-supporting private, nonprofit institution. In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Overlord (hacker Group)
The Dark Overlord (also known as the TDO) was an international hacker organization believed to have existed between 2016 and 2020 which garnered significant publicity through cybercrime extortion of high-profile targets and public demands for ransom to prevent the release of confidential or potentially embarrassing documents. The group gained its initial notoriety through the sale of stolen medical records on TheRealDeal, a darkweb marketplace. Major targets for the group included the extortion of Netflix, which resulted in the leak of unreleased episodes of the series ''Orange Is the New Black'', and Disney. In 2017, the group broke its trend of hacking and extortion, and began a series of terror-based attacks starting with the Columbia Falls school district in Montana. The group sent life-threatening text messages to students and their parents, demanding payment to prevent the murder of children. These attacks forced the closure of more than 30 schools across multiple school dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 FBI Email Hack
On November 13, 2021, a hacker compromised the FBI's external email system, sending thousands of spam emails warning of a fake cyberattack by cybersecurity researcher and CEO of Night Lion Security and Shadowbyte Vinny Troia, who is falsely labeled in the emails as being a part of The Dark Overlord hacking group by the United States Department of Homeland Security. The emails were sent to addresses taken from the American Registry for Internet Numbers database and it was reported that the hacker used the FBI's public-facing email system which made the emails appear legitimate. The campaign was likely done in an attempt to defame Troia. The hacker "Pompompurin" later claimed responsibility for the hack. Responses FBI The FBI stated that they remediated the software vulnerablilty that caused the attack. They told people to ignore the email and "confirmed the integrity" of the FBI's computer systems following the attack. Pompompurin The hacker Pompompurin claimed responsibili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Police Database Leak
The Shanghai police database leak refers to the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal information and police case data from the Shanghai National Police Database, also known as the SHGA Database, in early July 2022. The leaked data, totaling over 23 terabytes, includes details of more than one billion Chinese residents, encompassing names, addresses, birthplaces, resident ID card numbers, phone numbers, photos, mobile phone numbers, and information on criminal cases. The data was made available for sale on the internet by an unidentified hacker, who demanded a price of 10 bitcoins. The origin of the leaked information is believed to be the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, although this has not been officially confirmed. Screenshots shared online revealed a vast amount of intricate police information, such as the time of reporting criminals, the contact numbers of reporting individuals, and the reasons for reporting. Notably, initial analysis indicated that the personal dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exactis
Exactis LLC is a data broker established in 2015 and based in the U.S state of Florida. The firm reportedly handles business and consumer data in an effort to refine targeted advertising. Data leak Exactis became notable in June 2018, after a discovery by cybersecurity researcher Vinny Troia detailed how the organization made nearly 340 million detailed records about individual people available on a publicly accessible server, leaving those people at heightened risk of being impersonated, profiled or otherwise exploited through social engineering. The information has reportedly since been protected and removed from the public. However, the leak is notable due to the breach of data that was exposed, surpassing the Equifax breach Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion (together known as the "Big Thre ... wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include '' Fortune'' and ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. ''Forbes'' has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings, including of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), of the America's Wealthiest Celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000), Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People, and The World's Billionaires. The motto of ''Forbes'' magazine is "Change the World". Its chair and editor-in-chief is St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open-source Intelligence
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the collection and analysis of data gathered from open sources (covert and publicly available sources) to produce actionable intelligence. OSINT is primarily used in national security, law enforcement, and business intelligence functions and is of value to analysts who use non-sensitive intelligence in answering classified, unclassified, or proprietary intelligence requirements across the previous intelligence disciplines. OSINT sources can be divided up into six different categories of information flow: *Media, print newspapers, magazines, radio, and television from across and between countries. *Internet, online publications, blogs, discussion groups, citizen media (i.e. – cell phone videos, and user created content), YouTube, and other social media websites (i.e. – Facebook, Twitter, , etc.). This source also outpaces a variety of other sources due to its timeliness and ease of access. *Public government data, public government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Overlord (hacker Group)
The Dark Overlord (also known as the TDO) was an international hacker organization believed to have existed between 2016 and 2020 which garnered significant publicity through cybercrime extortion of high-profile targets and public demands for ransom to prevent the release of confidential or potentially embarrassing documents. The group gained its initial notoriety through the sale of stolen medical records on TheRealDeal, a darkweb marketplace. Major targets for the group included the extortion of Netflix, which resulted in the leak of unreleased episodes of the series ''Orange Is the New Black'', and Disney. In 2017, the group broke its trend of hacking and extortion, and began a series of terror-based attacks starting with the Columbia Falls school district in Montana. The group sent life-threatening text messages to students and their parents, demanding payment to prevent the murder of children. These attacks forced the closure of more than 30 schools across multiple school dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ShinyHunters
ShinyHunters is a criminal black-hat hacker group that is believed to have formed in 2020 and is said to have been involved in numerous data breaches. The stolen information is often sold on the dark web. Name and alias The name of the group is believed to be derived from shiny Pokémon, a mechanic in the ''Pokémon'' video game franchise where Pokémon have a rare chance of being encountered in an alternate, "shiny" color scheme, with such Pokémon considered elusive to players. The avatar of a Twitter profile tied to the group contains a picture of a shiny Pokémon. Notable data breaches *AT&T Wireless: In 2021, ShinyHunters began selling information on 70 million AT&T wireless subscribers, which contained user's phone numbers, personal information and social security numbers. AT&T denied the breach stating the information came from a partner service and not directly from them . *Tokopedia: On 2 May 2020 Tokopedia was breached by Shinyhunters, which claimed to have data ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GnosticPlayers
GnosticPlayers is a computer hacking group, which is believed to have been formed in 2019 and gained notability for hacking Zynga, Canva, and several other online services. ''The Independent'' reported that GnosticPlayers had claimed responsibility for hacking other online businesses, and stealing hundreds of millions of credentials from web databases such as MyFitnessPal, Dubsmash, and fourteen others; and subsequently selling these credentials on the dark web The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on '' darknets'': overlay networks that use the Internet but require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access. Through the dark web, private computer networks can commu .... Reported members In 2020 Night Lion Security listed these people as members of GnosticPlayers. *Maxime Tallet, who went under the aliases DDB, Casper, RawData, Pumpkin was the seller of the group. *Nassim Benhaddou who went under the alias Prosox was a member of the group, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BreachForums
BreachForums is an English-language black hat hacking crime forum. The website acts as an alternative and successor to RaidForums following its shutdown and seizure in 2022. Like its predecessor, BreachForums allows for the discussion of various hacking topics and distributed data breaches, pornography, hacking tools and various other services. On March 21, 2023, BreachForums was shutdown following the arrest of the forum's owner, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick. The forum was later reopened under the ownership of the hacking group ShinyHunters and previous BreachForums administrator "Baphomet". History The forum was founded and owned in March 2022 by then-19 year old Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, known on the forum under the screen name "pompompurin". Fitzpatrick's identity on the internet had been based on the Japanese character by Sanrio of the same name. Fitzpatrick had, a year earlier, claimed responsibility for the 2021 FBI email hack. Controversy On December 10, 2022, a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
